One of the strategic goals of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is to ensure that adult learning and education (ALE) is recognized as a crucial component of education systems and integrated into national policy frameworks and development agendas. Supporting Member States in enhancing access to and participation in ALE programmes and developing capabilities to create more learning opportunities for youth and adults are key objectives. In applying a results-based management (RBM) approach, UIL’s programmatic activities seek to improve ALE policy and practice on the international, regional and national levels. One of UIL’s most important activities in this area is its publication of the Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE).